Weird Pdf Download in Browser

Hi
i have few problems when downloading pdf to the browser in java
and this only happen when i set Content-disposition" = "inline"
in my jsp page i have two function
1. click here where will popup another window and will just render the pdf on the new window
2. submit where it will render the pdf on current window
render pdf on the current window works okay and no problem
but there are two problem for click here where it suppose to popup new window
1. the new window did pop up but show blank page even though writing to the response has been completed
2. for adobe reader 6.0 or older it will popup xxxx.FDF and show it corrupted?
Both are happening on adobe reader 6.0
*but if i use adobe reader 8.0/7.0 no PROBLEM at all*
could it be adobe bug for older version?
what could be the problem ??
Below are my code
{code}
public class DownloadAction {
public static void downloadFile(HttpServletResponse response)throws Exception {
System.out.println("Start Download");
File file = new File("D:/WebServicesPerformance.pdf");
BufferedInputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
int contentLength = input.available();
response.reset();
response.setContentLength(contentLength);
//response.setContentType("application/pdf");
response.setHeader("Content-type","application/pdf");
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "inline; filename=\"file.pdf\"");
BufferedOutputStream output = new BufferedOutputStream(response.getOutputStream());
while (contentLength-- > 0) {
output.write(input.read());
output.flush();
if(input!=null){
input.close();
}{code}
Jsp page for new window
{code}<%@page import="com.*"%>
<%
try{
DownloadAction.downloadFile(response);
System.out.println("FINISH");
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("EXCEPTION ");
%>{code}
i can see the word FINISH being printed out in the log
main jsp
{code}
<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function openWindow()
var win= window.open("http://localhost:8084/WebApplication2/index11.jsp",'testr','width=720,height=600');
win.focus();
</script>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Hello World!</h2>
<form name="form1" action="/WebApplication2/TestController" method="post">
<a href="javascript:openWindow()"> Click Here </a>
<input type="hidden" name="file" value="hi"/>
<br>
<input
type="submit"
name ="mybutton"
value="Submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>{code}

anyone hit this problem before?

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